Today beginning at 11am, we're trying out a new feature at the Guardian: a live question-and-answer session between myself and readers regarding columns I've written over the last month. From 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET, I'll be here (in the comments) live to answer selected questions. The exchange will then be posted in a form similar to this one previously done by the Guardian with Clay Shirky.

The Guardian has several really good ideas for maximizing the involvement of and interaction with readers in the journalism that it does - a goal that has been important to me since I first began writing about politics online - and this is the first of the features we'll try in pursuit of that end. I hope everyone inclined to do so is able to participate.

Leave your questions in the comments and check back around 2pm. If you can't make it, feel free to leave your question on Twitter using #Glennchat

Thanks for all these great questions. I'll begin answering them live at 2:00 pm in the comment section. Late-arriving readers will be fined and/or otherwise penalized unless a doctor's note is presented.

Ending of session

This concludes the Q-and-A session. Sincere thanks to everyone who participated. The Guardian will now take the exchanges and convert them into a readable format as a stand-alone column.

I'm sorry I couldn't answer all the questions. I actually intended to, but they were truly challenging and provocative and engaging with them in a meaningful way over the course of two hours was more draining than I anticipated. I definitely consider this experiment a success and we will do it again shortly, so anyone who didn't have their questions answered will have another opportunity.